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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Geography | Ecosystems and Biomes

River ecosystems

Episode 3 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Episode 3 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One Wales | 2018 | 29'00''

Writer and angler Will Millard embarks on the final leg of his journey down the River Wye, from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow, where th...

Episode 2 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Episode 2 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One Wales | 2018 | 29'07''

Writer and angler Will Millard is on the second leg of his journey down the River Wye, taking in Glasbury, Hay-on-Wye and Hereford.

Episode 1 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Episode 1 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One Wales | 2018 | 28'58''

Writer and angler Will Millard travels along the River Wye. He begins his journey in the mountains of Mid Wales, going in search ...

Freshwater | Wild Isles

Freshwater | Wild Isles

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2023 | 57'56''

David Attenborough takes us on a journey from source to sea, following the course of our fresh water to reveal a host of astonishing wildlife.

S2E3: Yukon | Earth’s Great Rivers II

S2E3: Yukon | Earth’s Great Rivers II

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2022 | 58'58''

The Yukon is a river of wild extremes. Home to bears, moose and huge salmon, the riches of North America's frozen river have sust...

S2E2: Danube | Earth’s Great Rivers II

S2E2: Danube | Earth’s Great Rivers II

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'01''

The extraordinary story of the Danube, the world's most international river. It reveals magical wonders, from crystal-clear wate...

S2E1: Zambezi | Earth’s Great Rivers II

S2E1: Zambezi | Earth’s Great Rivers II

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'01''

From elephants and wildebeest to Victoria Falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the Zambezi, Afric...

S1E3: Mississippi | Earth’s Great Rivers

S1E3: Mississippi | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'07''

The surprising story of the Mississippi, a river that unites the USA. From frozen waterfalls to time-travelling barges, the Mi...

S1E2: Nile | Earth’s Great Rivers

S1E2: Nile | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'00''

A look at the astonishing wildlife, landscapes and people of the Nile. From elephants and leopards to ancient wonders, its great leng...

S1E1: Amazon | Earth’s Great Rivers

S1E1: Amazon | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'58''

Documentary revealing the animals, landscapes and people of the greatest river on earth. From transparent lagoons to pink dolphins,...

Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth’s Great Rivers

Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2021 | 2'07''

A mother crocodile has buried her eggs in the sand, but their scent attracts in hungry mouths. Nile monitor lizards...

Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth’s Great Rivers

Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'47''

Baby alligators - so small that they could easily become a meal for some here in the largest swamp in the U...

Industrialised Mississippi river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Industrialised Mississippi river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'44''

In the central stretch of the Mississippi, barges transport millions of tonnes of the nation's produce up and d...

The Grand Canyon | Planet Earth

The Grand Canyon | Planet Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2006 | 1'42''

For five million years, the Colorado River has carved its way through the landscape, creating the Grand Canyon.

Mountain streams | Planet Earth

Mountain streams | Planet Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2006 | 1'49''

The early stages of a mountain stream and the wildlife that lives there.

Tepuis of Venezuela | Planet Earth

Tepuis of Venezuela | Planet Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2006 | 1'53''

How rain has shaped the Tepuis of Venezuela.

Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth’s Great Rivers

Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'38''

The Mississippi wetlands are disappearing due to human interventions in the landscape.

Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth’s Great Rivers

Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'25''

The city of New Orleans was built on the Mississippi floodplain and is constantly fighting to hold the river back.

Mississippi floodplain | Earth’s Great Rivers

Mississippi floodplain | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'46''

In the last 1,000 miles of its journey, the Mississippi flows out into a vast natural floodplain.

Introduction to the Mississippi river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Introduction to the Mississippi river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'21''

An introduction to the Mississippi river, including it's source in the Rockies.

When the Amazon reaches the sea | Earth’s Great Rivers

When the Amazon reaches the sea | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'27''

The meeting of the Amazon and the Atlantic ocean produces an extraordinary ecosystem.

Flooded forest | Earth’s Great Rivers

Flooded forest | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'24''

Wildlife thrives in the Amazon during the wet season.

Tropical wet season | Earth’s Great Rivers

Tropical wet season | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 3'31''

How the Amazon changes during the tropical wet season.

The Amazon Basin | Earth’s Great Rivers

The Amazon Basin | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'14''

In the Amazon Basin the tributaries meet and the grow larger and stronger. The water is mixed with a variety of different sedim...

Thermal river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Thermal river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'29''

An exploration of a thermal section of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples who live there.

Underwater spring | Earth’s Great Rivers

Underwater spring | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 3'09''

An underwater spring introduces crystal clear water into the Amazon.

Introduction to the Amazon river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Introduction to the Amazon river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'33''

An introduction to the river Amazon, including it's source in Peruvian glaciers.

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